Inter-Programmatic Meeting
June 30 @ 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
This event will be held in person at the University of Illinois Chicago Student Center West, Second Floor Thompson Rooms
Register in advance for this meeting
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
This year, the Cancer Center is organizing an inter-programmatic retreat instead of organizing individual program retreats to help promote collaboration between programs. This retreat will showcase the innovative research in all three Cancer Center programs and highlight how focused areas and themes transcend individual programmatic science. You will also hear an update on the Cancer Center’s plans to apply for National Cancer Institute designation and an overview of the 2022-27 strategic plan.
Agenda
| Time | Agenda Item | Speaker |
| 8 – 8:45 a.m. | Arrival and Breakfast | |
| 8:45 – 9 a.m. | Retreat Goals
Where the Cancer Center Stands and Where it is Going (5 minutes Q&A) |
Jan Kitajewski, PhD
Cancer Center Director |
| 9 – 10 a.m.
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Fostering Inter-Disciplinary Science in Cancer Center Programs
National Cancer Institute Funding – MPI & Strategies to Increase Inter-programmatic/intra-programmatic publications: Thematic Inter-programmatic Opportunities of Priority Populations and Health Equity (5 minutes Q & A) |
Jan Kitajewski, PhD |
| Breast Cancer
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Kent Hoskins, MD
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| Prostate Cancer | Donald Vander Griend, PHD
Larisa Nonn, PhD Natalie Reizine, MD |
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| Colorectal Cancer and Persistent Poverty | Marian Fitzgibbon, PhD
Yamilé Molina, PhD |
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| Hepatocellular Carcinoma | Natalia Nieto, PharmD, PhD
Nissim Hay, PhD |
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| 10 – 10:35 a.m. | Tying Scientific Research with Catchment area | Yamilé Molina, PhD |
| 10:35 – 10:45 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:45 – 11 a.m. | Cancer Research Training and Education Core (CRTEC)
The Importance of Training Grants, Summer Programs, Faculty Development |
Larisa Nonn, PhD |
| 11 – 12:10 p.m. | Cancer Center Shared Resources
Core Presentations: 5 min each (plus posters) Biorepository Update Tissue Micro Arrays |
Donald Vander Griend, PhD |
| Computer and Data Science (CADS) – Disease Site Cohort (DSC) platform (15 min)
Other Emerging Resources (15 min Q &A) |
Sandeep Kataria
Jun Sun, PhD Ece Mutlu, MD, MS |
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| 12:10 – 12:40 p.m. | Plan to Enhance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
New Cancer Center Support Grant Requirement Updates from Listening Sessions and Retreat Strategies to Enhance Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion |
Heather Prendergast, MD |
| 12:40 – 1:50 p.m. | Lunch
Roundtables and Posters · New Technologies/AI Breakout · Translation and Drug Discovery Breakout · Breast Cancer · Prostate Cancer · Colorectal · Persistent poverty · Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
Associate Directors and Program Leaders will facilitate discussions at each table |
| 1:50 – 3 p.m. | Lightning Talks
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| Cancer Prevention and Control
5-minute talks and Q&A |
Jacob Krive, PhD, MS
Saria Lofton, PhD Kristen Malecki, PhD, MPH |
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| Translational Oncology
5-minute talks and Q&A |
Natalie Reizine, MD
Zongmin Zhao, PhD |
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| Cancer Biology
5-minute talks and Q&A |
JaeWon Shin, PhD
Yang Dai, PhD |
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| 3:30 – 3:40 p.m.
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Closing Remarks
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Jan Kitajewski, PhD
V.K. Gadi, MD, PhD |
| Adjourn for Happy Hour/Networking/Posters |